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the critical thing is that the moves I take have to work *regardless* of physical context.

for the tractability of this ^ to itself be tractable we gotta define "moves" and "I"

they're coupled, defined by the procession between them, trinity-style. every self-scope I've got has its own set of moves.

this means that it's \*mostly\* about pulling focus so that the self-scope with a relevant move is the one that gets focus. (I think this is what buddhism's getting at with "right action".)

\> the critical thing is that the moves I take have to work regardless of physical context.

this statement then is a claim at the level of each self, about that level of self playing a card only when it has perfect information about the applicability of that card

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ahhhh. I am forced to forget whatever I can. that's my seat in this universe, that's my signature move.

when everything is forgettable, this seat is safe. that's .. physics? neat


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